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DAVE-UCSD
IBM

• SINCE I'M SPEAKING AT THE KICK-OFF FOR IMB'S NEW TECHNOLOGY GROUP, I FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT [MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE] DESCRIBING SOME OF [[STRIKETHROUGH]] NASA'S [[/STRIKETHROUGH]] SPACE SHUTTLE LATEST TECHNOLOGIES.... NOW, THERE'S CERTAINLY A LOT OF INTERESTING TECHNOLOGY IN THE SPACE SHUTTLE BUT SINCE THIS IS IBM, IT WOULD BE MORE LOGICAL TO TALK ABOUT SHUTTLE'S COMPUTING RESOURCES THAN, SAY, ITS ROCKET ENGINES.... WELL, [[STRIKETHROUGH]] THAT'S TOO BAD, BECAUSE [[/STRIKETHROUGH]] UNFORTUNATELY WHILE THE ROCKET ENGINES ARE CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, SHUTTLE'S COMPUTING CAPABILITIES MIGHT BE GENEROUSLY DESCRIBED AS "OLD" - MORE ACCURATE DESCRIPTION MIGHT BE "TOTALLY OBSOLETE". 
[MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN HEARING HOW OBSOLETE]

➡ ON LAUNCH, IN ORBIT & DURING RE-ENTRY & LND, 
• SHUTTLE IS CONTROLLED BY 5 COMPUTERS (SIMULTANEOUSLY...)
MEMORY: 256K (≥ 50 [[?]])
• DON'T WORRY, THERE'S MASS STORAGE: MAG TAPE, 30 MB (30 [[?]]) NEATLY PKG'D 
• DISPLAYS: OLD, GREEN CRTS (NO COLOR, GRAPHICS)
INTERFACE: OLD KEYPAD ➡ HEXADECIMAL KEYPAD
➡ THESE ARE COMPUTERS THAT CONTROL SHUTTLE
GOOD JOB FOR 17 YRS
➡ I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE ASTRONAUTS HAVE MADE IT INTO THE '90'S: THEY CARRY TNKPDS ON BOARD TO CNT'L EXP, & COMMUNICATE W/ MCC VIA EMAIL, WHITEBOARD & VIDEOCONF...